The true case of Mrs. Clerke: set forth by her brothers Sir Edward and Mr. Arthur [brace] Turnor. To which are added, all the depositions on that occasion. In answer to a scandalous pamphlet lately publish'd call'd 'Mrs. Clerke's case' / [Sir Edward Turnor].

Turnor, Edward, Sir, 1643-1721

Date:: [1718]

Credit: The true case of Mrs. Clerke: set forth by her brothers Sir Edward and Mr. Arthur [brace] Turnor. To which are added, all the depositions on that occasion. In answer to a scandalous pamphlet lately publish'd call'd 'Mrs. Clerke's case' / [Sir Edward Turnor]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$joy C '7 ] And her Brother told her alfo, of her fending to Beptford, upon Sufpicion of the Apothecary's Journey-man and her Maid combinining to poifon her, and what little Satisfaction (he had reaped by it: She fell into violent Pafiions, and told her Bro- ther, he would neyer believe any Thing flie faid* and that fhe would make it out } which he told her he could not believe ; for what could they get by it, but to be hanged for their Pains? And he ho- ped fhe had never deferved fuch Ufage from any Bo- dy, for he had obferved her always to do what good fhe could, and fhe was always charitable to all Per- lons who wanted her Affiftance \ and therefore beg- ged of her very earneftly to ftay at home and be quiet,, and fend for her Doctors, who he did not doubt, but with Care, would reftore her again to her right Judgment. But fhe fell into mighty Pafiions again, and fo left her Brother. And very amazingly to her Brother, fent her under Foot-Man William Mills, either the next Morning, or the Morning after, with a MefTage by Word of Mouth, that fhe defired him her Brother, to fend for the Lord Har court, and Sir Confiamine Phipps, and whom elfe he thought fit, and fhe would bring all her Family before them, and her Brother with them mould try them all : To which her Brother made Anfwer toWilliam Mills, that in his Life he never heard of fo wild a Propofition, and bid him tell her that he defired her to be at quiet. « Which Footman, as her Brother has been fince in- formed, fhe gave a Guinea to carry the MefTage, and told him her Brother wou'd give him another*, but William Mills did not think fit to tell her Brother of it. For which MefTage, and what happened upon it, Seethe Affidavit of Mary Avon* B Withia$